Terry has been working with us for over a year now and we have had the pleasure of selling his guitars and working with him on some tweaks to make them even better. Most recently Terry Kennedy guitars are now made with hide glue, and Terry has made some subtle changes to the scallop in his braces. The instruments are now voiced as an assembled box by thinning out the edges of the top. The result is that the voices are stunning, rich, three dimensional and comparable in tonal quality to the best of the vintage instruments with workmanship equal to or exceeding most any new, handmade instrument out there.

Kennedys have a lifetime warranty and are best value of any hand made guitar that we carry.

 

THE PODIUM

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Minneapolis Minneapolis MN

“We had the good fortune of performing for the good folks of the Alexandria Area Arts Association in Alexandria, MN. I was lucky enough to play a guitar that local luthier Terry Kennedy made. It was a gorgeous instrument with tasteful appointments and beautiful fingerstyle tone.   Keep an eye out for him all you Minnesota pickers.”

Jonathan Maness

“Thank you for a beautiful instrument.  It will provide years of musical satisfaction and I couldn’t have asked for better tone.  Keep up the great work.”

Nate Brown

Professional musician and principal guitarist for “Mary Poppins” on Broadway

http://natebrown.org/

I have owned a number of fine OM-sized guitars over the years, including Martin, Taylor, Larrivée and Tippin, and this one leaves them all in the dust.  The sound is loud, powerful, gutsy, but also refined, with excellent string-to-string balance.  I can't wait for it to open up fully. 

Peter MacDonald

http://cdbaby.com/cd/twicedaily 

As a guitarist, my whole career has been spent trying to find the best way to present music to an audience. A big part of that endeavor is the choice of the instrument used to communicate with that audience.

My guitar says and does all I want it to when I want it to and that’s what counts.   I trust Terry with my instruments care and creation and hope you get the chance to do the same.

Dan Mahar

Professional musician and former touring Nashville lead guitarist


http://www.myspace.com/danmahar


http://www.youtube.com/user/danmaharofficial


Testimonials and Players

Bill Hammond, a long time fixture on the Minneapolis acoustic scene had this to say on the Acoustic Guitar Magazine gear forum.


http://www.acousticguitar.com/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=029656


A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to build an OM for Charlie Broten a wonderful musician and songwriter..  He has a great new album out.  

(http://www.charliebroten.com/fr_home.cfm) 

He had this to say about his guitar.

 "When I asked Terry Kennedy to make me a guitar, he said my Indian Rosewood OM with an aged Sitka top would have a 'complex' tone. Besides that you can bang on it an it stays in tune and you can get different tones from up and down the neck depending on touch. I played the OM on almost every song, mostly with my fingers and for me it was the perfect recording guitar. .. Listen to "The Ghost of Manzanar" (which is tuned in an open D minor) and "Oh Sweet Life" to get the sounds of the guitars. Check out his great website at <www.kennedyguitars.com>